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I'm not criticizing anyone who has commented on this thread (though to @KenMasters,the buying/selling/trading forum is where want-to-buy posts go). But MAN, I sure wish @Phillyman hadn't stickied this thread to the new releases forum. 4 months later, and this damn thing is STILL bumping actual new release posts off of the front page every time someone replies to this thread. Can anyone please move it to a more appropriate forum so the new release forum can be for new releases?

No worries, I didn't see your forum post until after I replied to the shoutbox. Maybe in a few years as aging out-of-shape gamers start to die off, we'll hit the motherlode of bargains at some estate sales.

Dunno why you posted the same thing to the forums and the shoutbox, but my answer is the same as it was there. People are generally smart enough to know they can make more money selling gaming mags via eBay, so if it's PC Gamer you want, that's where you'll have to check - there are always plenty available. Looking in thrift stores for unexpected treasure is fine, but you should be going into that situation expecting to come up empty.

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The article points out the reasons. Paper is heavy and can't be shipped on the refrigerated trucks that most of their stuff arrives on. This shouldn't be news to anyone living in America, which abandoned print media ages ago for the same reason (high distribution costs). Japan's more compact geography allowed it to survive a bit longer, but this is the inevitable outcome. I pity the smaller municipalities that don't have access to a bookstore, though, as despite the non-affordability of distributing paper media, it's still hugely popular in Japan. I've said it before, but the bookstore in my town is probably the most popular and heavily trafficked business we have, to the extent that they have to hire parking attendants to direct the heavy traffic in their parking lot. Without convenience stores to get their books, mags, and comics, I'm not sure what kind of change will occur in the more rural areas without access to a bookstore.

Convenience stores here have a magazine aisle, more or less. It's about half the length as a normal aisle, since it also accommodates the ATM and copy/fax machine. But it has lots of mags and comics.

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https://soranews24.com/2025/02/12/thousands-of-convenience-stores-in-japan-to-end-sale-of-print-magazines-this-spring/ Japan is going to stop selling magazines at over 10,000 convenience stores this spring. As the article points out, many places are without a dedicated bookstore, and convenience stores their only source for print media. It's hard to stress to someone living outside of Japan just how important a part of the distribution chain convenience stores are. They're a part of people's everyday lives. It's not just the fresh food and snacks (I'd be willing to bet that more people "eating out" get their lunch at a convenience store than all other restaurants combined.) You can also buy music, movies, and video games. You can buy tickets to concerts and sporting events. You can pay for your utility bills there. You can pay for your amazon or yahoo auction orders there. And you can buy your comics and magazines there, some of which are released weekly. Or at least, you can do so for a bit longer, before they end distribution of mags at 40% of all locations of the two biggest chains of convenience stores. This is going to be a huge financial blow to publishers, and I have to wonder if it will mean the end of all but the most popular titles. Japan is, demographically, one of the oldest (the oldest?) countries on Earth, so I'm, not sure I see everyone's mom and dad (and grandparents) switching to online apps for their magazine reading.

This belongs in the buying/selling/trading forum. A thread title that gives at least SOME indication about what is being discussed wouldn't hurt, either.